Pierre Abraham Lorillard (1742 – 1776) was a French-American tobacconist who founded the business which developed into the Lorillard Tobacco Company, which claimed to be the oldest tobacco firm in the United States and in the world.[1][2] His name is also sometimes given as Peter Abraham Lorillard,[3]Peter Lorillard and Pierre Lorillard I.
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^Ackerman, Ruthie. "Loews Lets Lorillard Go", Forbes, December 17, 2007. Accessed July 21, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2008. "Lorillard claims to be the oldest American tobacco company, with a history stretching back to 1760."